misbegotten

[ mis-bi-got-n ]

/ ˌmɪs bɪˈgɒt n /

unlawfully or irregularly begotten; born of unmarried parents; illegitimate: his misbegotten son.

badly conceived, made, or carried out: his misbegotten plan.

Also mis·be·got.

Origin of misbegotten

First recorded in 1540–50; mis-¹ + begotten

Perhaps Emerson was so convinced by his own misbegotten conclusions in 1995 that he's completely internalized them.

Disgraced Terror Expert Says Boston Bombs Bear 'Hallmark' Of Muslim Radicals |Ali Gharib |April 16, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Your Hickey in The Iceman Cometh has become legendary and most recently you played Jim Tyrone in A Moon for the Misbegotten.

Kevin Spacey on Casino Jack |Kevin Sessums |December 14, 2010 |DAILY BEAST
This was the incomparable sworder indeed, and John Varlet, that misbegotten rogue, had not taught him in vain.

The Men of the Moss-Hags |S. R. Crockett
Yet out of this morass of misbegotten virtues I plucked my first blossom of genuine affection.

Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6) |Havelock Ellis

If she's willin' to give that misbegotten child her own Christian name, it won't do for the rest of us to be too toploftical.

Kildares of Storm |Eleanor Mercein Kelly
Will you allow me, Sir, to present you them, as the dearest offering that a misbegotten son of poverty and rhyme has to give?

The Letters of Robert Burns |Robert Burns
No telling when this misbegotten fog will close in and force us to slow down to half-speed or less--in crowded waters, too!

Alias The Lone Wolf |Louis Joseph Vance

misbegotten

/ (ˌmɪsbɪˈɡɒtən) /

unlawfully obtained misbegotten gains

badly conceived, planned, or designed a misbegotten scheme

Also: misbegot (ˌmɪsbɪˈɡɒt) literary, dialect illegitimate; bastard